An unimaginable man travelled throughout the UK with a view to carry presents to a homeless boy on Christmas Eve.
It comes after the boy requested ”how is Santa going to search out me?” when being interviewed by the BBC as he was made homeless in Cardiff for Christmas. Following the printed, Shane Yerrell, 40, arrange a fundraiser to purchase presents for Marcel Struk, eight, and his mum Sarah, 42.
Mr Yerrell travelled from Waltham Abbey in Essex to provide the pair their presents on Christmas Eve, additionally gifting them £700 in money. Ms Struk and her son, who has studying difficulties, had been evicted from their rented flat when their landlord bought up and left them with nowhere else to go.
The pair had been moved right into a lodge room by Cardiff Council simply over three months in the past, which means they’ll spend the festive interval there together with Christmas Day.
In the course of the BBC interview, Ms Struk stated: ”No child ought to ever say that. They should not have to fret about Christmas and whether or not he’ll get presents or not.”
The widowed mom additionally defined how Marcel didn’t absolutely perceive why they had been residing in a lodge and was discovering it exhausting to regulate. She added: ”He would not actually sleep that a lot as a result of he wakes up scared so much within the night time due to the banging and other people transferring round within the lodge. He wakes up saying, ’I do not just like the darkish’ and screaming.”
Mr Yerrell, who’s mayor of the Essex city he lives in, contacted Sarah by way of social media to let her know he needed to assist and the pair have saved in contact since.
He stated: ”Once I got here throughout the documentary, I discovered it heartbreaking. Loads of my mates stated the identical. I do not suppose anybody must be made homeless, however particularly a baby with a studying incapacity as nicely.
”The truth that they had been sharing a room – I felt gutted for them. I do know there’s a housing scarcity, however simply to be in that state of affairs at any time is tough, however particularly earlier than Christmas. I simply needed to assist – you do not have to know somebody to make a distinction or assist them via their battle.”
Marcel smiled from ear to ear when receiving the items, together with his mom telling Wales On-line Mr Yerrell’s act of kindness was ”overwhelming”.
She stated: ”We’re full strangers, Shane has by no means met me in my life, I discover it actually beneficiant he is achieved one thing like that. I used to be frightened that Marcel was going to have a garbage Christmas given by circumstances however this 12 months he can have a fab Christmas due to individuals who donated. I’m very grateful from the underside of my coronary heart – thanks so, a lot.”